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Hybrid CARS technology images label-free biopsies

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JENA, Germany – A new technique takes the sting out of skin biopsies – in fact, it allows doctors to look for disease with no skin contact at all. The label-free, in vivo 3-D optical biopsy uses a hybrid multiphoton tomography and coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (MPT-CARS) technique to glean information on skin morphology at a subcellular level; it also determines lipid and water content. CARS images of psoriasis at the skin surface. Courtesy of JenLab GmbH. The MPT-CARS instrument combines the clinical multiphoton tomograph DermaInspect from JenLab GmbH and an add-on CARS module...Read full article

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    Published: May 2011
    Glossary
    coherent anti-stokes raman scattering
    A technique whereby two laser beams, one at an excitation wavelength and the second at a wavelength that produces Stokes Raman scattering, interact coherently in a sample, producing a strong scattered beam at the anti-Stokes wavelength.
    label-free
    Label-free refers to a technique or method that does not require the use of additional labels, tags, or markers to detect or identify specific components or entities. In various scientific and technological applications, labeling often involves attaching fluorescent dyes, radioactive isotopes, or other markers to molecules, cells, or structures of interest. However, in label-free approaches, detection or analysis is performed without the need for these additional labels. Common applications...
    morphology
    In image processing, the study of structure or form of objects in an image.
    optical parametric oscillator
    A laser-pumped crystal with nonlinear optical properties inside of an optical resonator in which the output generates coherent light whose output can be tuned continuously over a variety of infrared and visible wavelengths. The OPO generates a short wavelength component called the signal and a longer wavelength component called the idler. Conservation of energy dictates that the sum of the photon energy of the signal and that of the idler equals the original pump photon energy.
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